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Greetings World Kayak family! I just wanted to take a minute today and tell you about our killer adventures in La Playa Conchal, Costa Rica a couple weeks ago on our honeymoon. We had a great week due to the multitude of opportunities for adventure that were placed upon us by our very friendly local tour guides! Also, and most importantly to my awesome Dad, who blessed our marriage by sending us down there in the first place. Thanks Pops! You're the best!
We stayed at the Reserva Conchal, Westin "All Inclusive" Resort in La Playa Conchal (Shell Beach). This place was amazing. Set on the Northern Pacific side of Costa Rica, our paradise was only a stones throw from the Nicaraguan border, in fact there was a tour that went into a Nicaraguan shopping village, but at the time, 6 hours of tour bus riding didn't sound that great to us! This place is a far cry from Tennessee, where we have squirrels, skunks, and raccoons, they have BIG lizards and turtles, these weird monkey-like raccoons called Cote's (these things are wild, I'll go into that later), actual raccoons, and monkeys!
Our resort was "all inclusive" meaning all food, drink, and tips were included. Only thing we had to pay for was our adventures. And pay we did!
At the resort, there are two main tour companies. One, Swiss Travel, which is located inside the resort right there at the beach gate. and the other TTRRSSA with is located right outside the gate on the sand. The hotel basically has you funneled in and out through a small fence gate where you have to walk right past their desk to get in and out. So you have to talk to them. Their adventures are a little more upscale, with the corporate backing of the Westin Hotel Group behind them. All there tours were supposedly "insured" too meaning that they would fix anything that broke and could charge you more. And charge more they tried, lol.
Outside on the beach, Erik, the sales manager, waits patiently for his next friend to exit the hotel, and greets you with a warm "Pura Vida my friend. What would you like to do today?" Now, the travel company inside the hotel will tell you, "Don't trust those guys outside." They will say, "Those guys are conmen, looking to take your money!" or "You should go with us! We are insured! They are not!" But, I've always been a gut feeling kind of guy, and right off the bat, I was distrustful of both of them.
Erik must have sensed my distrust, because he then led us off on a walk on the beach, where we warmed up a bit to each other. He introduced Marisa and I to everyone on the beach, including his wife Gigi (who gives the best massages on the beach). It was overwhelming, as he showed us all the activities that were available to us during our stay.
Snorkeling, spear fishing, scuba diving, jet skiis, fishing trips, catamaran sunset cruises, 4-wheeler tours and rentals, dirtbike rental, ocean kayaks, surfing lessons, you get the point right? And that was just the things on the beach! More inland, there were monkey tours, zip-lining, climbing, whitewater rafting. (I asked for whitewater kayaking but I dont think they quite got it, lol. Apparently they were going to send me down a class 1-2 river in a duckie. im glad I caught that one before it went any further! I'd have been ticked!) Hot springs, volcanic mud baths, sugar plantation tours, mountain biking, horseback riding, you name it.
So the next day we went back to Erik and requested an ATV to go exploring on. He obliged us by bring us a medium sized Honda 4 wheeler complete with a license plate and papers. All that was required to operate this thing on city roads was a registration paper that was provided by the rental guys and a valid US driver's license. They gave us a full tank of gas, and off we went. The road south down the beach was cool, it zipped in and out of the tree line until eventually straightening out and following the perimeter fence for the Reserva Conchal. All through here was jump after jump and big puddles to scream through (which I eventually figured out was not very good for the machine.) Sorry guys! at the end of the trees, the road opened up and ran across a narrow straight between the ocean and a big brackish tidal pool. An American lady from Boston was playing with her two gorgeous boxers here. Her dogs were having such a blast. We have 2 boxers at home too, so naturally we had to stop and play with them!
It was here we met the Kanuk on horseback.The old man, known as Huppa Huppa by the locals had long ago migrated down to Costa Rica from Northern Canada. Apparently he had bought a bunch of horses and gear as soon as he got here, to rent them out to tourists who enjoyed saddle sores. I am not one of those folks, lol. Marisa is.
He jumped down off his horse and immediately offered us a ride. I refused, but Marisa jumped right up. She loves horseback riding. After she rode him out into the water a couple times she was bristling with delight. But then she jumped down, and did what I feared the most, she tried to make me ride it. Now it's not that Im scared of horses or something. Its just that I feel bad for the horse, him having to carry my big ole great white ape self. Those of you who know me, Im a big dude right? I honestly felt bad for that little horse. He didnt seem happy to have me on his back. Marisa made me ride him into the ocean while she took pictures of me. It was embarrassing. I promptly jumped down, having just gone outside my comfort level. Huppa Huppa offered us horses for rent on the beach anytime $30/ horse for a three hour tour. If you go there and want to ride horses, look for him, big bellied Canadian man with great white and grey beard on horseback. Looks like Santy Claws!
We parted ways with Boxer Lady and Huppa Huppa, who'd drawn us a chicken scratch map of the area, and screamed out across the straight me driving and Marisa on the back in search of the Beigha Pirate' or Pirates Bay. This place was adeptly named for the large rock tidal pool that it really was. We spent some time here taking pictures. long enough for me to see what the area looked like at low tide. Wow. I could see how a ship could try to sail in at hightide, and not see those rocks, potentially destroying its hull and miring its crew. the entire thing was lined by a circle of barrier islands and rock formations as far as a mile out in the water. It really looked like the area where One Eyed Willy's ship sailed out of in the movie "The Goonies." We took some pictures and headed off down the road.
As we cruised out the road, I took note of the lay of the landscape, and thought about how fun it'd be to do a project or two down there. We passed several "Tiko" family dwellings. Several were ramshackle constructions of random building materials that resembled something out of "Swiss Family Robinson!" It marvelled me, how people could live like this. But then I thought, hell, if you're here, then who cares!
We were on the lookout for wildlife the whole way, but the noise from our ATV must've scared everything away. The number one thing I wanted to see was a monkey, Ever since I was little I've loved monkeys, so I was a little bummed leaving Costa Rica because I had not seen one. We did however see lots of beautiful birds, and the occasional raccoon or cote.
As we cruised out, our road turned into more of a trail, crossing a couple creeks, one of which we drove down a ways before the trail cut off on the other side of the creek. We arrived at a desolate beach with noone else around. This beach was special because instead of white sand, it had black volcanic sand. Also, there was driftwood and shells everywhere. This place was very beautiful and awe inspiring.
We drove out from here and soon arrived in Mate' Palo, a small crossroads community with a soccer field centerpiece and all the businesses grouped around the outside of it. I went to a convenience store, and bought a Costa Rican Coca Cola, and little something to go in it too, which I thought was cool you could just buy beverages at the convenience store? At first sip of the Coke, I could immediately tell the difference. SUGAR! No high fructose corn syrup! I wish we could buy that stuff here. It was much better that the USA version.
Mate' Palo was gone just as soon as it arrived, so we drove out from there toward La Playa Grande, or "Big Beach." There we stopped and had lunch at a small cafe called Kiki's Place, which looks like it's be a hotspot during peak season! I had the house burger, which was a burger, topped with a chicken tender, topped with a pork chop, topped with bacon! Wow. That wasnt what I was expecting!
From there we went to a surf shop and talked with some local surfers about Surf Kayaking. Turns out there is a small surf kayak presence there, but not much of a whitewater kayaking presence in that area. They said those guys were impressive paddlers. But there are some huge waves down there, so I guess you'd have to be tough to take a 10-20 ft high wave landing on you!
After lunch we rode on out toward the beach, and I found a cut through trail that took us out on this awesome stretch of desolate beach where we cruised down the beach about a mile or two, before taking another trail to the top of this big mountain. From there we could see for miles. We stopped here for several hours, enjoying each others company, and the moment, for it was one to remember forever!
Afterwards we were tired, and ready to get back to the comforts of the resort, so we cruised back on the highway making it back much quicker than I wouldve imagined. That night, at the resort, we met a couple from Charlotte, NC, who live apparently right next to the Whitewater Center. They had alot in common with us, and we were instant friends. Their names were Adam and Jennifer Spencer.
The next day was spent lounging at the pool, sipping bottomless mojitos and margaritas. At one point we conjured up a game of pool volleyball. About halfway through the day it started to rain. I mean, POUR. I hadn't seen rain like that since my time during the monsoon in South Korea. But no one seemed to notice. The party just kept on going! Heck. We were already wet! Marisa and I were a big hit too, because me being the Boy Scout, I was taught at an early age to always come prepared. We'd brought dry bags and my Pelican dry box, and had a JBL Charge portable Bluetooth speaker in a drybag that was continuously pumping out Slightly Stoopid, Sublime, Red Hot Chili Peppers, 311, among many others. We also brought full on rainsuits that are paper thin, yet durable, and keep you very dry. Frogg Toggs caused us to be the envy of most, and it should have!
That evening, at dinner we met up with Adam and Jennifer. They had rented dirtbikes that day and being dirtbike folks, they'd had a blast! I was jealous, because having already spent one day out there exploring, I was ready to get back out there again. That night we all partied and had fun just talking!
The next morning, Marisa and I awoke, had breakfast, and hurried up to the lobby to meet the beach tour company. We were going on the MEGA COMBO tour, to a place called Vandatta. This place was closely located to the Veija de Rincon volcano, so there were hot springs, volcanic mud, and all types of volcanic activity evident.
Set in an old cattle plantation, the cattle farmers had eventuall sold out to the current owners who planted it totally with Oranges, coffee, almonds, cashews, bananas, and plantains. The current owners had obviously realized the $$$$ in tourism, so they set their place up like an adventure tourist amusement park. We disembarked the bus, it was then they recieved our payment for the tour of $100/ person. It was pretty reasonable compared to the $250 the hotel was asking for this same thing.
They immediately served us fresh squeezed lemonade, which we drank down greedily. They then put us all on horse back where we rode to the top of this big hill. I had already gotten on a horse once this trip, so one more time couldnt hurt. I still felt bad for it and expected it to snap a leg every step it took.
Now. Before you read this, you must know, I don't do heights. I had already told Marisa I wanted to skip this one. Going off a twenty foot waterfall's different, because thats where the waters going, so you know theres water down there. But if I'm already high up and can see the bottom and then I go, well nevermind. you'll get it in a second.
We had ridden the horses up to the start of the ziplining course. "This is my last stop." I told Marisa bluntly. But then the Costa Rican zipline guides all started calling me chicken and goading me impolitely. I thought, "hell, you only live once!" So I gave it a shot. They strapped me into a harness and seconds later I was on the line wating my turn to go, thinking "What did I get myself in to?"
I looked around. Marisa was nowhere to be found. So I thought "oh well. Here goes nothing…" as I stepped off the platform. I was off. Slowly at first , then I realized I didn't have to squeeze the hand brake so hard. This first one was a trick. To help people shrug off their fear, it in no way prepared me for what was to come. Slow and not so gracefully, I made my way down that first wire, and arrived at the next hill, where the guide rapidly hooked me up and sent me off down the next line. No time to think about it.
This next line they said go ahead and go fast but slow down at the end, but that its really long. It must've been 250 yards long. I zipped along, above the treetops. At the next tower I messed up and didnt pick my feet up in time, wearing only my chacos, hit my foot on the metal platform. As soon as I got there, panic ensued. I'd just hit my foot, and I was on this shaky metal platform high in the tree tops.
There was only one way off, down the next wire. I looked down the wire. No end in sight. "Oh well, one more time can't hurt." I must've been zipping for 2 minutes this thing was so long. All of a sudden, the trees just open up, and there nothing below me, except the floor of the ravine, some 80-100 feet below me. And just then, the line starts vibrating and wobbling back and forth violently, obviously under the strain of hauling such a big dude for so far. "Nope. That's it for me." I thought as I coasted in to the next tower. On the way in on the line, I saw a trail out of there. That was where I was heading.
I turned around, and here comes Marisa strapped to a guide, and hanging upside down. "Showoff." I told Marisa I had had enough of this s&*%. That I was walking out of there promptly. Down on the trail I met up with Mitch, one of our guides, who was headed down to the bathroom. So at least I had someone to share my walk of shame with.
Well the shame didn't last long, because as I walked down the ravine I saw one of the most beautiful class 3 creeks running down the ravine. We were walking down the trail beside the river, and I could see boof rocks galore, and nice chutes and slides one after another. It looked fun. To get out we had to walk across some scary metal suspension bridges, but I was so fixated on the creek, I didn't care. The name of this waterway was the Upper Colorado River near Liberia, Costa Rica. Apparently they do some super tame whitewater rafting down river.
Mitch led me down to the bottom, past a big hot spring, over some more bridges till finally we arrived at the end of the last wire, where I was instructed to wait for Marisa. When she finally arrived, she was riding tandem, strapped to a guide, and flying like Superman with her arms and legs stretched out. She obviously loves that stuff. I dont get it. I'll stick to the water.
After the ziplines, the guides gave us fresh squeezed orange juice and boarded us on this giant tractor trailer combo with some stadium seating welded on a trailer. They pulled us up this long dirt road through the plantation, which was rich with Banana Trees, Plantains, Coffee plants, almonds, cashews, oranges, and lemons. I've always dreamed of having a fruit orchard. This place is right up my alley. At the top of the hill we all off-loaded and gathered around a big concrete flume, with a giant cistern of water behind it. This cistern was naturally spring fed water that basically they'd built a giant holding tank with pondliner in a hole they'd dug and had afixed a big sliding wooden door holding back the water with a long handle attached.
This awesome, old school waterslide worked this way: You sat down in the middle and wrapped an innertube around your elbows. Then when you said go, they slid open the big wooden door and out drops 150 gallons of cold Costa Rican spring water, propelling you down the chute like a bullet in a rifle. I've been on some waterslides in my day, but I must say, this one ranks up there with the best! Right before the end you go right under this massive tropical tree, no like right under the roots. Was pretty cool. After the splash pool, we all waited for the others to finish their turns on the slide. Marisa, of course did a front cartwheel to McNasty off the lip at the end. Showoff. The staff rewarded us at the end with fresh cut orange halves. Best oranges I've ever eaten.
After the slide, it started to pour down rain. We followed the guides down and across the suspension bridges to lunch where they hooked us up with beverages and a 4 course lunch featuring a spinach zuchinni garlic soup that makes me want to invest in a juicer. My main plate was pan-seared mahi mahi. Delicious! Hats off to the chef!
After lunch as it poured down rain they let us relax in the hot springs. Marisa wanted to bathe in volcanic mud, so even though they said it would work because it had to dry on you, so we went and bathed in it. It was hot and coming up out of a pipe into a basin with a big banana leaf covering it. We lathered it on. The pots were right beside the Colorado River, so I was still fixated in it. I wanted to get in there. Right as i was stepping in, Mitch popped out from behind a rock upstream. Apparently he had the same idea. I laid down in the creek and washed off the mud. It felt great. Somehow I talked Marisa into it too.
But our fun was short lived. Mitch told us that this part of the river flashes quite a bit and will come up real fast. Good thing too, just as we were stepping out, it started to come up. We headed up to the suspension bridge to watch it come up. I was pleased to watch promising river features start to form. I'd like to come back here and explore this area better. Maybe I'll get my buddy Mitch to help me!
After the creek, we headed back to the hot springs and finally back to the bus to go back to the Westin. The ride back was treacherous with a BAD rainstorm on even worse roads! I got some book time and some sightseeing on the way back.
The next day we met our friends, Adam and Jennifer down at breakfast and decided that today was the day to rent four wheelers and go riding together. So, we talked to Erik again on the beach, requesting 2 Honda ATV's for 5 hours at $80 a piece. Not bad. One tank of gas will take you further than you'd ever need to go out there. So off we went, first, we headed north, to Brazilito Village where we got some beverages for the beach later. We had to cross a big tidal river to get there. Then from there, we headed back across the river, back south, toward no-mans land and eventually Mate Palo and Playa Grande.
Adam Spencer is a very good ATV'er, trying to follow him as he zigzagged around trees and around puddles, over jumps, and whatnots was a challenge. But I started looking at it just like river running, you gotta choose your lines around obstacles and such. I was naturally good at it. Next thing I know I'm doing wheelies and burn outs in the sand!
We headed out to Bay of the pirates, too some pictures, then found a cool access road onto the beach there. It was low tide, so we skirted off down the beach and over some rock outcroppings to a point at the end of the beach. There was a giant piece of tropical driftwood like something you'd see on the beach in a "Pirates of the Carribean" movie . We all took turns taking pictures of each other sitting on that log. The girls headed out for a swim and me and Adam hung on the beach talking dude stuff like kayaking and motorcycles. After a bit we started noticing the tide coming in. We called the girls in but it took them a while, by the time they had made it in and we made our escape, the water had come in so far that we almost couldn't cross the rocks again. Whew! That could've been a costly mistake!
We then headed out on the fourwheeler trails I had found the previous time, and had a good time off-roading in the tropics. From there we took the main road toward Playa Grande and took a right on Cabo Verde del Sol rd. this open gated road turned gravel fast and traced a mountain's edge. These were homesites for sale. Just like in America. Pristine lots too. We followed the road to the top of the mountain, unsure of what we'd find there. We could see there were power lines leading somewhere, but we never made it there. I took the steepest drive to the top of the mountain where someone had started building some duplex style condos and apparently given up or ran out of money or something. But this view was phenomenal. A panoramic view of all the surrounding countryside, rolling hills and mountains one direction and ocean the other! It was the most beautiful view I'd ever seen. We hung out a while, but after spotting a motorcycle headed down the trail we decided to go back down, in case he was the gatekeeper, but he wasnt.
After the mountain we rode back toward the Westin and had lunch. Then we had 2 more hours on the Atv's. After lunch, we went down to the second strand of trees on the other side of the straight. There we picked a "home base", set up our eno/ music in a dry bag combo, and two people rode while two people hung.
That allowed us to really test out the limitations of these things. I had already learned don't drive straight into a big deep puddle at 40 kmh. The machine would just stop working electronically. Adam did donuts in his till it shut off. I know the guys were mad at us when they had to tow both of us in. Thanks be to the fact that the machines just needed drying off. So Erik if you're reading this, we really are sorry. It was all in good fun!
The whole area there is 4×4 trail city, I strongly suggest to those who come to this region. Go ahead a pre-rent a 4×4 ahead of time. They have awesome 4×4 trucks there too that are all diesel and not available in the states, all available for rent.
The next day, Marisa and I started the day out with a couples massage on the beach, then set up the Eno in some trees there on the beach. Marisa took up the hammock while I just lay on my back floating in the salt water. It was true therapy. Later that day, I checked out an Ocean Kayak from the resort, but got bored with that fast. I ended up trying to stand up on it and stern squirt it. I got it once straight up and down, but nobody got a picture of it. It was a great day of swimming and relaxing. That night we teamed up with Adam and Jennifer and one other couple, Scott and Amanda Coventry, and headed to Tamarindo Village to check out the nightlife.
We arrived in Tamarindo and got out of the cab on a dark street with bars all down one side. The bar across the street was called the Crazy Monkey Saloon. We decided to give it a go, and warily crossed the dark street to the stairs leading up to the establishment. We passed quite a few "questionable" characters on the way up the stairs. it was $5 to get in so we paid and headed up. At the top I was surprised to find an awesome bar with a big open patio/ dancefloor that overlooked the beaches and river below. Magnificent! We had fun here drinking and dancing before finally heading back to the Westin. It was a night to remember for a lifetime!
Back at the hotel, we all parted ways and said our goodbyes, as we were set to fly back to Atlanta the next day. The next morning we awoke and had breakfast, then headed down to the beach where we bought souveniers for our family. We flew out a couple hours later and the rest is history!
Thanks for reading, and if you're looking for some adventure for a honeymoon or whatever, Costa Rica is the place for you!


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History, Mission, and Facts
The STEP program is designed to assist economically disadvantaged secondary school students from DeWitt Clinton High School in acquiring the skills needed to pursue courses of study and careers in science and mathematics, technology and health related fields. Through the Out-Of-School Time Initiative, this program provides a four week summer bridge at Lehman College, and quality after-school services to ninth graders at Pelham Preparatory Academy. The goal is 100 percent promotion into the tenth grade.
The mission of TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) is to provide coordinated academic support services to currently enrolled college students who are first generation college students, with limited income, and/or with disabilities, enabling them to persist and graduate from Lehman College. Educational Talent Search: Pathways to College and Upward Bound are Federal TRIO programs that provide services to low-income, first-generation college-bound students. The goal of these programs is to increase the high school graduation and college enrollment rates of 650 students at four Bronx public high schools.

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if you use gdm, you can start another X server by adding
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Not sure if this will start it on a different screen, maybe you'd need some more configuration.
However, if you're trying to do this with fglrx it won't work because for some unknown reason this rather popular functionality is missing. You'll have to use radeon or radeonhd instead. (Perhaps they secretly want to force everyone to use the opensource drivers, so omit important stuff from fglrx?)


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Mission & History
We explore the unique Jewish heritage of Washington as a hometown and as the nation's capital.
We are the region's foremost destination and source for American Jewish history. We engage and inspire adults and children through our exhibitions, landmark historic synagogue, public programs, and educational initiatives. We collect, preserve, and share material culture that documents the story of the Jewish community in the Washington, D.C., region as a lens through which broader national and international history may be explored.
Community. As a hub of Jewish life and culture in the region, we celebrate the region's Jewish heritage and continuity. We build and strengthen relationships.
Preservation. Ensuring that future generations will have the resources to examine and study the past, we safeguard primary historical resources.
Learning. Education is fundamental to nurturing the human spirit; we provide experiences that are instructive, engaging, interactive, and fun.
Inclusivity. We welcome all backgrounds, faiths, beliefs, and abilities. Our broad audience is encouraged to participate and share their perspectives.
Collaboration. Partnerships are key to our success; we collaborate with a broad array of individuals and organizations.
Sustainability. We prepare for the future through making sound choices and utilizing financial, community, and environmental resources effectively.
Founded by volunteers in 1960, the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington was incorporated in 1965 as a nonprofit organization dedicated to interpreting Jewish history in the greater Washington area. In 1969, galvanized by the pending demolition of the oldest synagogue building in the nation's capital, Society members arranged for the historic building to be moved three city blocks to its present location (more photos of the move!). After extensive restoration, the synagogue was rededicated and opened to the public as the Lillian & Albert Small Jewish Museum in 1975.
The historic 1876 Adas Israel synagogue—the oldest in the Washington, D.C., area—is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the D.C. Inventory of Historic Sites, and the Historic American Buildings Survey. It is an Official Project of the Save America's Treasures program.
In 2007, the Society purchased a building to house its first permanent administrative office building. The 8,000-square-foot building, located at 701 Fourth Street, NW, is located just steps from the historic synagogue. Special thanks to our Capital Campaign donors who helped underwrite this purchase.
The Society is planning the future move of the historic synagogue to a new site -- the corner of Third and F Street, NW. The new location will allow the synagogue to regain its original orientation facing east toward Jerusalem and will provide the Society with land on which to build an adjacent museum. Planning for this new facility has begun.
During this time the Lillian and Albert Small Jewish Museum is closed, but the Jewish Historical Society is still open. Learn more about our plans for the future here, or about our walking tours and other programming during this transition here. Call (202) 789-0900 or email email@example.com for more information.


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Had this patient come in whilst on nights.
82 y/o female presented with chest pain.
Previously had CABG >15 years ago following presentation with "unstable angina". which resolved her angina, nil since them.
Sudden onset chest and back pain and maybe between shoulders. not really a tearing quality but different to her pre CABG angina. pain wasn't severe but enough to get her to come in. Felt her normal self otherwise.
Not on any medications.
Tachycardia 105. BP 108/64. (bilaterally) Normal ECG sinus.
She looked pretty good TBH. sore but not "sick, sick"
Given GTN with no real change in pain. but settled with a push of morphine.
Istat troponin was negative.
Off for a CXR.
Was willing to say the mediastinum looked wide and the radiologist agreed that the aortic contour looked a bit funny. We discussed presentation and decided that CT was indicated. I pushed for the scan as my gestalt was telling me there was something unusual about this patient.
Obviously there's dissection from "top to bottom" as a colleague described it.
Formal report came back as extensive type A dissection extending from aortic root to abdominal aorta. There is no adjacent soft tissue reaction and no high density material on the unenhanced scan. These findings strongly suggest this is a chronic dissection.The false lumen is thrombosed in several locations and patent in others Major arch branches are patent.
Summary: extensive chronic aortic dissection with aneurysmal dilatation.
So my patient was now pain free, with an "old" dissection and lowish BP. Her tachycardia had settled after the CT. With discretion being the better part of valor I admitted her to the ward overnight. Repeat troponin in the morning was negative. She also had a D-Dimer added (no one confessed to this) which was negative. Discharged home.
I saw this patient recently in GP clinic and her BP remains low, no further episodes of pain.
This was my first experience of when aortic dissection isn't "aortic dissection" Anyone else had a similar case?
Great discussion of Aortic dissection from LITFL: http://lifeinthefastlane.com/2010/09/die-like-a-king/


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Pop star Lady Gaga is releasing a new perfume which she believes will arouse all genders.
The Born This Way hitmaker teased fans on Thursday (07Aug14) by posting a black and white photo of herself surrounded by naked men on Instagram.com, along with the caption "EAU DE GAGA coming soon".
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Answering questions posted by fans on the microblogging site, Gaga revealed Eau de Gaga is "inspired by the adventurous woman and the man who loves her".
The scent, which will feature notes of sparkling water, lime and leather, will be the follow up to her Fame fragrance, which was released in 2012. As of last year (13), more than 30 million bottles of her first fragrance had sold.


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WSJ confirms paid-for access to news on mobile
News Corp's Dow Jones has confirmed speculation from earlier this week and announced that the Wall Street Journal will now charge for full access to its content via Blackberry, iPhone and iPod touch devices.
According to a press release, the WSJ applications will remain free to download for each device and continue to offer a mixture of free and subscription content.
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The aim of this mobile briefing is to give some insight and inspiration into the next generation of mobile devices, techniques and technologies that will shape the future of mobile marketing.
The mobile landscape continues to develop at a lightning pace, and with the smartphone explosion driving user behaviour into uncharted territory, it's critical for brands not just to stay afloat in the present mobile environment, but to be ready for the future.
As well as a look at the stats you need to convince any business that a mobile strategy is key to engaging the next generation of consumers, and how different demographics are found in different parts of the mobile landscape, we'll look at 5 of the most important trends for 2011.
The mobile web
What's the scale of mobile web usage, and how should you approach it? Are there any special tips and techniques to deploying to mobile web when phones are now equipped with full HTML browsers?
How are consumers finding and purchasing with their mobiles? What new technologies and services are they discovering to get them the products they want, and how can brands get in early with them?
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What might seem like the ultimate techy fad is set to gain real cut-through in 2011. We'll define what AR is on mobile and look at brands who are making the most of it already
Mobile Advertising
With recent acquisitions from Google and Apple in the space, mobile advertising continues to be big news. However, of equal interest is the emergence of genuinely engaging ad formats, location and targeting that will take the industry way beyond banners and buttons
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With the increasing convergence of social and mobile, Location Based Communities offer an opportunity to place brand messaging right into the heart of the user's mobile lifestyle. What will propel these services into the mainstream, and what kind of campaigns are possible?
Speakers' and panelists' profiles
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Tim is a mobile industry veteran with almost 10 years experience in delivering mobile campaigns for brands. Starting at mobile pioneers 12snap, he then moved to O2 for three years. Now Director of Strategy for Mobile Interactive Group, he has led the company's efforts in the arena to now be NMA's No1 mobile agency three years running, delivering campaigns for Walkers, O2, Barclaycard, Air Miles, Ribena, Nokia, NHS Choices, Shelter, Amnesty and many more. Tim has also consulted widely, including appointment by the UK Government to research and create strategy for managing the mobile future.
Tim's focus is using the full range of mobile marketing disciplines, including mobile media, sales promotions, mobile CRM, ad response and applications to drive strategy in mobile for clients. By really focusing on business objectives and placing them contextually into the lifestyle of the new mobile consumer, businesses can start to deliver real results through the mobile channel.
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Norma W. Griffiths was the first of six children born to Royden E. and Bertie Pack Weight. She spent her childhood in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she was active in music and spent much of her time helping at home.
When she graduated from high school she had the opportunity to try out for the 1947 Centennial Opera. She became the youngest member and was part of a quartet and also a member of the dance group. Upon her return she was invited to join the Tabernacle Choir but turned that down when she met and married Jesse J. Griffiths. That union was blessed with 6 children. They lived in Salt Lake while Jesse finished school and then moved to Schenectady, New York. They were there for 9 months and were then transferred to Richland, Wash. Shortly after, the Griffiths boys decided to buy another farm west of Blackfoot. They spent 47 years there.
Norma raised her family and helped on the farm when her help was needed.
She was active in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints filling callings in Primary, MIA, Relief Society, ward organist and choir director of both adult and children's choirs. Norma and Jesse were privileged to serve a mission in Kentucky where they added one more daughter to the family. In 1999, they left the farm and moved to Logan, Utah where they enjoyed being closer to many musical and other activities.
Norma fulfilled two lifelong dreams when she had the opportunity to go to Switzerland and see where her grandmother had been born and then in 2012 when she was invited to practice with the Tabernacle Choir. Family, music, and the gospel were Norma's life and she was a valiant daughter. She passed quietly in her sleep on June 17, 2013 in Logan, Utah.
Norma is survived by her children: Kristi Heiner (Gaylon), Gareth (Joanne), Mark (Gay), Lee (Lisa), Laura Zisette (Charles), Paul (Melissa), and her "adopted" daughter Lanae Arnold (Robert); one brother, Neil Weight, and a sister, Anne Williams; 40 grandchildren, and 77 great-grandchildren.
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Imagine walking in the shoes of someone struggling with dementia. Then, while observing their daily challenges, devising a map that captures what life is like for them on a typical day - using their perspective - centered on what they need and then turning that map into a plan for that patient's personalized care.
The University at Buffalo Institute for Person-Centered Care will be doing just that as a result of recent training and certification in advanced dementia care mapping. This certification will allow institute researchers to map and provide written as well as in-person feedback to various organizations locally and throughout the U.S. who wish to improve the dementia care and services within their facilities.
"DCM takes a person-centered view of care, which means that the task of care is seen as being much more than meeting basic physical needs; it is about the whole person, of empowering each individual to make full use of their abilities and remain a social being. It is not designed to be critical of staff or monitor care," says Davina C. Porock, Ph.D., associate dean for research and scholarship in the UB School of Nursing and director of the Institute for Person-Centered Care.
"When observing from the perspective of the individual, the mapper 'sees' the issues differently and can evaluate the individual's quality of life," she said.
DCM is the formal name of an observational tool designed by Bradford University in 1989 in the UK to examine quality of life from the perspective of the person with dementia. It is a tool for evaluating and improving the care given to people with dementia in formal settings such as day centers, residential homes, nursing homes and hospital wards.
The idea of DCM appeals to Porock because, as director of the institute, she specializes in person-centered care, specifically care at the end of life.
According to Porock, people with dementia often conjure up for us images of individuals who are forgetful, confused and possibly lost or wandering or behaving in unpredictable ways. We think in terms of the challenges they present to us - as health care workers and family members - but we don't often think of them in terms of their own personal and social needs.
"Person-centered care, at its most fundamental, is about ensuring dignity, personhood and purpose for vulnerable and frail individuals no matter where they live," Porock said. "Its aim is to alleviate the boredom, loneliness and helplessness these people often feel."
Rhonda Rotterman, RN, program director for the institute and certified in advanced mapping, said that, when using DCM, the mapper is looking for four things:
She said that during an evaluation, which may take several hours, recordings are made every five minutes. After analysis, the observations are fed back to the health care teams, and used to improve care.
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At the completion of the mapping process, mappers will analyze the data, produce a written report and conduct a live feedback session with the organization that includes the group that was evaluated as well as individual insights. This information can then be used to create training pathways to improve care and services.
Porock said the value of tools to better understand and treat people with dementia goes far beyond individuals or health care facilities in which they reside.
"According to the Rand Corp., the cost of dementia care is expected to double by the year 2040. And, worker stress is higher in facilities with specialized dementia units. When staff are ill-equipped to care for these individuals, they experience higher levels of stress and burn out leading to high rates of turnover," she said.
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I've discussed the economics of blogging numerous times in the past. Can
blogging be a viable career? Can the blogosphere mint hoards of new
millionaires? These are all questions that many have asked over the
past several years as the blogosphere has grown in size and prominence.
Despite the fact that I have been able to turn my blogging activities into a bit of cash, I've remained skeptical about blogging as a business and as a career, which is why the man behind Drama 2.0 still calls 'international business' his primary line of work.
The economics simply don't make sense. For the average blogger, even one with a reasonably 'large' following, there simply isn't enough money to be made to make the exercise worthwhile as anything more than a side endeavor.
That's exactly the conclusion reached by Dan Lyons, the former Forbes editor who is perhaps best known as Fake Steve Jobs.
In his Newsweek article, Time to Hang Up the Pajamas, Lyons explained how he came to the conclusion that "while blogs can do many wonderful things, making huge amounts of money isn't one of them."
The first clue: when he was outed as the man behind Fake Steve Jobs, 500,000 people visited his blog in a single day. His Google AdSense ads netted him about $100 that day. Over the course of the month, 1.5 million visitors generated a little over $1,000.
Clearly, that's not enough to pay for the penthouse apartment at the Four Seasons and to put gas into the CL63. Even with an advertising deal that followed, Lyons never made enough to support his lifestyle by blogging full-time.
Lyons isn't alone. He claims that Michael Arrington, who is going to be taking a hiatus, has been trying unsuccessfully for the past year to sell TechCrunch for around $100m. He also cites Gawker Media and Pajamas Media as examples of companies that haven't exactly achieved overnight financial success either.
Of course, none of this is surprising to me and it isn't a surprise to those who have some knowledge of media.
Whether you're writing for yourself and compensating yourself with sweat equity or paying cash to a team of editors and writers, good content isn't cheap to produce. And despite the economic downturn, there's still a limit when it comes to recruiting talented content producers on an insanely low budget or worse, a revenue share offer.
When it comes to advertising dollars, even the biggest blogs and blog networks lack the reach to pull in massive buys from major media buyers. It certainly doesn't help that they don't exactly have the type of inventory that media buyers are going to drool over.
Forget about premium content. Paid content and subscriptions won't provide a scalable revenue stream for the vast majority of blogs because they don't have the type of breadth and depth necessary to create the unique, high-value content that such a model realistically requires.
None of this is to say that there aren't blogging companies making decent money. But most of the time when you examine the actual business models critically, they don't look as pretty as they do with kool aid goggles on.
Take TechCrunch, the big kahuna of technology blogs. Even putting aside an actual evaluation of its revenue and costs, the business model hardly justifies the $100m Lyons claims Arrington has been seeking.
TechCrunch may have a sizable audience, but from a media buyer's perspective, it's still a niche offering. TechCrunch is therefore highly dependent on the health of the industry it serves. With technology startups and established players alike cutting back, selling 125x125 sponsor buttons for $10,000 apiece isn't exactly a recession-proof model.
As I've asked before, it's actually quite unclear exactly what most sponsors get out of these sorts of deals. This is an especially relevant question when one considers that media buyers can often access remnant inventory on blogs like TechCrunch at a hefty discount through ad networks and exchanges.
Over time, I think you'll see quite a few blogs lose traction with sponsors, as many are clearly run by people who seem to have no idea that sponsorships aren't cash giveaways. In these times especially, sponsors are demanding more and looking for the type of value that will translate to ROI.
It's a tough world and at the end of the day, companies trying to build new media empires will face many of the same challenges as their old media counterparts. And most will probably do so at much smaller scale. The reality is that the same forces causing problems for traditional media companies, such as newspapers, will have an impact on new media companies as well.
Don't expect a blog network to grow into the 21st century equivalent of the 20th century's New York Times. Just as the New York Times has been forced to come down from the mountain top it used to occupy, new media folks will have to accept that the mountains they'll occupy will have a much lower elevation too. There are simply physical limits in the world of media today whether you're old media or new media.
Which brings us back to Dan Lyons and his dream of finding "a huge pot of gold" at the end of the blogging rainbow. Obviously, he discovered that rainbows are fleeting. But that doesn't necessarily mean that bloggers and blogpreneurs should throw in the towel.
It comes down to expectations. If you're looking to turn your blog into a multi-million dollar enterprise, chances are you'll find nothing more than a gut, bags under your eyes and disappointment. But if you enjoy writing and can manage to make a few bucks on the side by fitting some blogging into your schedule, the news that blog riches were a "high-tech fairy tale" probably won't bother you.
Blogging is dead, long live blogging.
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I think a lot of the popular bloggers are popular and where making a very good living, or were even rich to begin with. Their wealth and experience gave them a network of contacts that provided them with visibility online. I don't think guys like Mark Cuban or Tim O'Reilly were looking turn their blogs into a multi-million dollar enterpise.
Greeeeat. Old media publishing: failing and kind find a good model. New media publishing: failing as well. That's a bit depressing. Maybe in a few years the mental model the world will work from is that you don't pay for, or make money from content. Content will all just be free.
The view I subscribe to with blogging for money is that the blogging itself shouldn't ever be expected to bring in the money, but that it should lead individuals to all of those other money making opportunities like speaking gigs, book deals, or even jobs based on the expertise they show in their writing. Nobody has really countered that strategy so far.


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By David Alire Garcia
MEXICO CITY, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Mexico's Congress will
consider spending 2.75 billion pesos ($212 million) to help
coffee farmers hit by a major outbreak of leaf rust and falling
prices, a senior lawmaker said on Wednesday.
By David Alire Garcia
MEXICO CITY, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Mexico's Congress will
consider spending 2.75 billion pesos ($212 million) to help
coffee farmers hit by a major outbreak of leaf rust and falling
prices, a senior lawmaker said on Wednesday.
The funding would aim to provide farmers with subsidies,
replace ageing plantations, and give new credit and training
opportunities following the spread of the tree-killing fungus
"Those of us on the agriculture committee are budgeting 2.75
billion pesos to be able to address all of these questions,"
Hector Narcia, chairman of the coffee sub-committee from the
lower house's agriculture committee, told Reuters.
"What we're going to do is convince our colleagues to
approve a significant budget. If that doesn't happen, we are
practically sounding the death knell for this product."
Coffee prices have fallen by about half from a mid-2011
peak, leaving farmers to face a double-whammy of less revenue on
top of depressed output from infected trees.
The deadly fungus that has hit Central America particularly
hard this year kills leaves on coffee trees, with weakened
plants producing less coffee. Between them, Mexico and Central
America account for more than a fifth of global output of
arabica beans.
Coffee farmers also need affordable insurance and price
hedges, which the proposed funds could provide, said Narcia, a
member of Mexico's Green Party, coalition partners of President
Enrique Pena Nieto's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
The finance ministry submitted the 2014 budget proposal to
the lower house earlier this month and Congress is due to
approve the funding plan for next year by mid-November.
Narcia said he and other members of Congress had been
touring major coffee-producing areas, and that the government's
campaign launched in February to prevent coffee leaf rust had
had some success.
Gabriel Barreda, head of Mexico's national coffee
association AMECAFE, said in a separate interview that he
strongly supports subsidies for farmers and that the lobby will
present its own budget request in "less than 20 days."
Mexico's southern Chiapas state is the country's top coffee
producer, and also most affected by roya, Barreda said.
Chiapas is home to about 36 percent of Mexico's
coffee-farming land, and about 16 percent of the state's farms,
or 40,000 hectares, are currently blighted by roya, said Greens
lawmaker Narcia, himself a native of the state.
Narcia said about a quarter of Mexico's 700,000 hectares of
coffee plantations had been infected by roya.
Government subsidies have been used in other
coffee-producing countries in the region such as Colombia, and
they help producers to remain competitive, dealers say.
Producers in Colombia, the world's top supplier of washed
arabica coffee, lowered their price premium for so-called usual
good quality (UGQ) beans to an 11-month low last week as they
drew in more business ahead of their biggest crop in six years.
Latin American growers are already suffering from low coffee
prices, which are believed to be below the cost of production in
several countries. Abundant global supplies have pushed the
arabica market to the lowest in more than four years.
The price of the most active arabica futures contract
fell last week to $1.1110 per lb, the lowest since April 2009.
($1 = 12.9693 Mexican pesos)
(Additional reporting by Marcy Nicholson in New York; Editing
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Sunday, August 14, 2011
Rösti - German (or Swiss) Hash Browns & Eggs
24 comments:
- Kate said...
I haven't seen this recipe before. It looks like a great breakfast. The family here would love it!
- August 14, 2011 at 1:40 PM
- teresacooks said...
I love rosti - my favorite way to eat it is with smoked salmon and creme fraiche. Yum.
- August 14, 2011 at 1:56 PM
- Cathy at Wives with Knives said...
One of my favorite breakfasts, Debby. I love the crispy crust of the potatoes with the creaminess of the eggs. Great meal any time of day.
- August 14, 2011 at 2:12 PM
- A Feast for the Eyes said...
Ooooh, Teresa. That sounds wonderful! Thanks for the great idea.
- August 14, 2011 at 2:42 PM
- TKW said...
Yet another dish you make that my Daddy-o would die for! He still wants consideration for Husband #2.
- August 14, 2011 at 3:02 PM
- Karen (Back Road Journal) said...
Debby, Those eggs were so beautifully cooked. Thank you for mentioning the ricer. I have only used mine once. I have to get it out and make those crispy potatoes.
- August 14, 2011 at 3:11 PM
- Ciao Chow Linda said...
Love your idea to make the eggs right on top.
- August 14, 2011 at 5:14 PM
- Joanne said...
I've never had a rosti before but given how much I UTTERLY ADORE hash browns...I'm pretty sure it would be an instant breakfast favorite.
- August 14, 2011 at 5:48 PM
- Kim said...
Debby - Your eggs and potatoes are cooked to perfection. All that's missing is my plate..ha ha:)
- August 14, 2011 at 5:56 PM
- Kim said...
Just came back because I just saw your comment on the basil potato puree. I served mine with some bruschetta chicken, but like you have been thinking of other things to serve it with.
- August 14, 2011 at 5:59 PM
- Valerie said...
This is exactly what I've been craving all weekend! Potatoes and eggs...all anyone really needs (besides chocolate and lemon, of course.) :D
Scrumptious photos!
- August 14, 2011 at 6:01 PM
- bellini said...
Even though we are British Rosti potatoes were a staple growing up. To me they are still my favourite comfort food!
- August 14, 2011 at 6:34 PM
- Renee said...
Thank you for your BEAUTIFUL and delicious blog! I can't wait to try the new recipe.
- August 15, 2011 at 8:45 AM
- Lois Carter Fay/Recipe Idea Shop said...
Thanks, Debby. This looks interesting and yummy. I also found the recipe card/print feature interesting. Do you have to input the recipe again at Key Ingredient?
- August 15, 2011 at 9:28 AM
- FOODalogue said...
Very nice execution...I love the first photo!
- August 15, 2011 at 4:36 PM
- Mimi G said...
Those eggs...OH! those eggs!! The most gorgeous eggs I"ve ever seen!!! This dish sounds so good and from the directions kinda easy. Thanks for the ricer tip-will definitely be making this for supper. It is so good to have your e-mails back!!!!!
- August 15, 2011 at 5:16 PM
- Noelle Ritter said...
always trying to please the men in our lives... haha they're so worth it though. :-)
- August 15, 2011 at 6:54 PM
- Muneeba said...
Wow ... you would put any diner version of this dish to shame ... yours looks so pretty! The men in your life are lucky sons of guns, I hope they know that ;)
- August 16, 2011 at 7:54 AM
- The Short (dis)Order Cook said...
Lovely. I know my potato loving husband would go crazy for this. I have seen rosti recipes before, but haven't made one yet. I'm thinking this would make a perfect Friday night supper.
- August 17, 2011 at 8:16 AM
- Chiara "Kika" Assi said...
I live in Switzerland, so I eat a lot of rösti in the winter... your pics made me hungry!
- August 18, 2011 at 3:21 AM
- Velva said...
Debby, this rocks. I am an egg and potato lover too. I think this german style dish really brings two basic foods to a new level.
Love it.
- August 18, 2011 at 5:36 PM
- Nobel4Lit said...
Wow, those pictures make me REALLY want eggs!
P.S. I saw you're going to Foodbuzz? Looking forward to it!
- August 19, 2011 at 11:40 AM
- Monica H said...
mmmm! It's like a giant crisped potato pancake. LOVE the runny eggs on top!
- August 21, 2011 at 12:28 AM
- Megan and Emily@Whimsically Homemade said...
Hey there! Just wanted to let you know we featured you in our Favorite Find Fridays post over at Whimsically Homemade. We used one of your pictures. If that's a problem let us know and we'll remove it immediately. Thanks for your great inspiration!
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MADRID (AP) — Spanish police have arrested two people and seized equipment made by a Spanish company that was to be illegally shipped to Iran for use in its nuclear program, officials said Friday.
Police officers stopped a tractor trailer at a highway toll booth in the northern town of Durango on Wednesday and after an inspection arrested the two people and seized the cargo, an Interior Ministry statement said. It said the police "dismantled a ring trafficking material for the development of the Iranian nuclear program."
The seized objects included 44 valves made of an alloy "containing more than 25 percent nickel and 20 percent chromium by weight, which ... makes them particularly suitable for use in the nuclear industry," the ministry said. It said police also confiscated mounting accessories, export documents to Iran, bank statements and computer information.
The ministry identified the Spanish company as Fluval, which was founded in the 1970s and is located in the northern town of Amurrio.
In a statement supplied to The Associated Press, the company denied any wrongdoing. It denied trying to supply parts to Iran in violation of international law and said it manufactures high-technology valves for oil and gas. "The valves cannot be used in the nuclear industry," Fluval said.
"Fluval denies having committed any criminal act," the statement said, adding that the company "has always conducted its business in compliance with international laws."
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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 4:15 pm
Jason X wrote:listen to much bay area vegan straightedge hardcore ted? ha! You forgot Tears of Gaia and This time tomorrow (although I think this band was from well up the coast)!!
Who's got the positive hardcore youth crew anthem tip for me? You know, new wave (champion, with honor, righteous jams, etc), second wave (10 yard fight and floorpunch) and first wave (GB, YOT, BOLD) etc.
I need more of that!
Ted, you get into early 90's vegan edge stuff? raid, chokehold, abnegation, birthright, etc?
haha, Thats awesome you listen to Tears of Gaia and This Time Tomorrow. I played in both of those bands. This Time Tomorrow was from Seattle and we werent a Sxe band but we were mostly Sxe except one member. And I played in Tears of Gaia right before they broke up.
I play in a new vegan sxe band called Parasitic Skies. We are darker and more metal if thats your thing.


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The American Academy of Pediatrics agrees that vaccines are among the most successful and cost-effective public health tools available for preventing disease and death. According to TIME, one in five children around the world lack access to immunizations that help keep children in the U.S. Healthy. Every 20 seconds, a child in the developing world dies from a vaccine-preventable disease.
Despite these figures, vaccination remains a controversial subject and parents who choose not to vaccinate do so out of the belief that they are putting their children's health first. But the data points to the contrary. California, Oregon, Vermont and Washington have reported rising rates of whooping cough, which public health officials attribute in part to parents opting out of vaccines for themselves and their children. Measles cases in the U.S. are also the highest they've been in 15 years due to the erosion of "herd" immunity, which depends on high rates of vaccination amongst all members in a society.
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In 1832, fifty seven recent Irish immigrants died while working on a track of railroad, known as Duffy's Cut, outside of Philadelphia. An excavation of the bodies is ongoing. Recent discoveries have revealed that some of the men did not die of cholera, but of blows to the head. Others may have been shot. An excellent article by Lori Lander Murphy, describing the history and discoveries at Duffy's cut, can be found via the link below.
One skull was found to have a missing front molar (from birth). Members of the Ruddy family in Co. Donegal, hearing about the research being done in Pennsylvania, alerted the researchers that many members of their family has a genetic quirk--a missing front molar! So, the body of young John Ruddy was the first to be identified and matched with his Irish family.
The story makes me wonder how many of us consider physical and anatomical characteristics in our family history research? Have you examined causes of death on death records to see if certain conditions might be genetically linked or might run in a family? Very often, military records note physical chararcteristics and abnormalities. Don't skip over these details when looking for genealogical clues.
Noticing small physical details can be helpful in identifying photographs, also, to determine if a person in a photo might be family. Some of the details can be as noticeable as a large gap between the front teeth, or a strong, square jaw. Others can be more subtle. I have been able to identify a couple of photographs from the 1800's as the same ancestor because of an almost imperceptable bump in his left arlobe.
Even if you don't have a distinguishing physical family trait, don't forget to document in your records any physical descriptions you can obtain. These descriptions can prove important. For example, I have been able to differentiate two men with the same name, in British military records, based on the physical description of one of the men in his hospital records.
When you ask relatives what they remember about their ancestors, don't forget to ask for a physical description. Was Grandpa tall? What were Granny's facial features? Which ancestor gave me my blue eyes?
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MIDDLEBURY — While the Vermont Legislature did not convene last week, lawmakers received a homework assignment doled out by area voters on Town Meeting Day: Do something about rising education property taxes.
Vermont residents voted down 35 of approximately 250 school budgets that were on communities' town meeting dockets on March 3 and 4 — the largest number of failed spending plans since the advent of Act 68 in 2005, according to Rep. David Sharpe, D-Bristol.
VERGENNES — The Vergennes Union High School board is looking at a budget draft that if adopted as it stands could, according to Addison Northwest Supervisory Union officials, trigger a 20-percent hike in the VUHS portion of the property tax rates in the five ANwSU towns.
Around 100 students, residents and teachers attended a Wednesday VUHS board meeting at which board members wrestled with a preliminary budget draft that could boost school spending next year by about 5 percent to almost $10 million, not including a separate $100,000 Capital Improvements Fund.
FERRISBURGH — Thanks to Ferrisburgh's recently completed town-wide property reappraisal, town taxpayers are looking at lower rates this tax year, by about 8 cents for homeowners and 10 cents for commercial property owners.
Town Clerk Chet Hawkins said Ferrisburgh's Common Level of Assessment (CLA) — which measures how the town's property assessments stack up to fair market value, according to Vermont Department of Taxes calculations — rose by about 10 percent after the reappraisal.
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BRIDPORT — Lawmakers and several dozen Addison County citizens gathered at the Bridport Community Hall for a legislative lunch on agricultural issues, but the hot-button issues discussed over the meal were not directly related to agriculture.
Rather, citizens in attendance wanted to pick legislators' brains over a controversial shoreline conservation bill, H.526, which netted statewide attention after clearing the House late last week, and over a tax package that would lift the tax exemption on items including bottled water, soda, candy and dietary supplements.
MIDDLEBURY — The Vermont House has moved along a bill that promotes the weatherization of citizens' homes, but it remains unclear whether lawmakers will be able to assemble the necessary funding to help pay for the initiative.
The House last week voted 109-27 in favor of sending bill H.520 along to the Senate. That bill sets the state on a path to weatherize 80,000 Vermont homes by the year 2020, acknowledging that many abodes are porous and are losing costly heating resources to the outdoors.
In the ongoing budget battle in Montpelier, Gov. Peter Shumlin's pitch to avoid higher taxes resonates with the average Vermont voter and Main Street businesses, while Speaker of the House Shap Smith has the political muscle of the House (and the support of a host of lobbying groups representing the low-income population) on his side to support a package of tax increases to balance the budget.
BRISTOL — Local lawmakers were poised this week to vote on several tax initiatives aimed at improving the state's road and bridges and backfilling federal dollars for health care and other services.
Lawmakers commented on those challenges at Monday's legislative breakfast at the Bristol American Legion Hall. Chief among those tax proposals: A plan to raise the state's gasoline tax by 2 percent this year and next year.
VERGENNES — When lawmakers return to Montpelier this week after their Town Meeting break, they will continue consideration of where to get revenues for state programs.
Lawmakers at the Legislative Breakfast in Vergennes last week discussed potential increases in existing fees and taxes, as well as Gov. Peter Shumlin's proposed new 10-percent surcharge on break-open tickets sold by various civic groups, including the American Legion Halls.
BRISTOL — At a public luncheon at American Legion Post 19 in Bristol this week, Gov. Peter Shumlin defended his plan to fund a program to weatherize Vermont homes by taxing break-open tickets.
The Vermont Home Energy Challenge is an Efficiency Vermont-led effort to weatherize 80,000 homes by the year 2020. The program is particularly directed at porous homes from which expensive heat is escaping.
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Arctic Museum Introduces iPod Audio Tour
Story posted January 26, 2006
When many people think of the top of the world they envision a vast, silent, empty place. But, with the help of an Apple iPod, visitors to The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum will discover that the Arctic is livelier than they may have realized.
For the first time, Museum visitors will be able to listen to Arctic winds howl, Greenlandic dog teams yelp, and northern people speak, sing, and play sealskin drums. These sounds are all part of the Museum's first iPod audio tour, which guides visitors through its newest exhibit, This Extraordinary Paradise: Living in Northwest Greenland.
The exhibit, which opened in October 2005, focuses on the Inughuit people of Northwest Greenland. It highlights handcrafted jewelry, ivory carvings, bone tools, toys, and traditional fur clothing from the region. It also features photographs and film footage taken by explorer and Bowdoin graduate Donald B. MacMillan (Class of 1898) in the first half of the twentieth century.
The 35-minute audio tour takes visitors on a guided trip though Inughuit history, technology, art, and culture. It features interpretive commentary from Museum Director Susan Kaplan and Curator Genevieve LeMoine, vintage recordings of traditional Inughuit drum songs, and journal excerpts from Arctic explorers.
To listen to the tour, visitors can borrow iPods and headphone sets at the Museum reception desk, free of charge.
The tour is also available as an enhanced podcast on the Museum Web site, the Podcasts at Bowdoin site, or in the iTunes Music Store. Each section of the tour is accompanied by a photograph, so people who are unable to visit the Museum in person can still get a visual sense of the exhibit. Anyone with a personal computer and an Internet connection can take a virtual tour of the gallery from the comfort of home, or download the tour to a personal iPod and bring it to the Museum on the Bowdoin College campus. (An iPod is not necessary, although iTunes is required to download the podcast. Download iTunes onto your Mac or PC for free at www.apple.com/itunes/.)
The audio tour was written and arranged by Curatorial Intern Emma Bonanomi, Class of 2005. Her work was funded by a John Gibbons Fellowship and a John Gibbons Internship. The tour is narrated by Gardiner Holland, Class of 2006. The voice of Captain Ross is played by Ryan North, Class of 2005, and the voice of Miriam MacMillan is played by Elizabeth Moe, Class of 2006.
The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum is located in Hubbard Hall, on the Bowdoin College campus, in Brunswick, Maine. Admission is free. Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday 2 to 5 p.m. The Museum is closed Mondays and national holidays. For more information, call 207-725-3416.
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Okay guys, I guess uploading the couple tuts on Pokemon characters made others make requests for other Pokemon that they adore and are fans of. Today I will show y'all "how to draw Phione", step by step. What I like about this Pokemon is how simple and fun it was to recreate. Phione is another species that didn't evolve from or to into another type of Pokemon. Instead these water types are only available if you cross breed a Manaphy with a Ditto. These adorable little creatures have a lot of joy to their design. They have almost the same type of look and body of a Manaphy, but still has some characteristics of a Ditto. These Pokemon are also genderless, and once created, they like to live in the warm open seas. I really did have a lot of fun making this lesson on drawing Phione. I know all you Pokemon lovers out there will enjoy adding a new member to your Pokemon drawing index. Adios people, I hope you had a fun artistic day!
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) disposes of plutonium-contaminated debris from its 27 nuclear weapons facilities at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), an underground repository in Carlsbad, New Mexico. After four years of operational experience, DOE has opportunities to make changes to the costly and time-consuming process of "characterizing" the waste to confirm that it is appropriate for shipment to and disposal at WIPP. The report says that in order to make such changes, DOE should conduct and publish a systematic and quantitative assessment to show that the proposed changes would not affect the protection of workers, the public, or the environment.


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Myott–– Romeo Leon, 82, of Westfield died on November 4, 2011 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire. A private burial with full military honors will be held on Friday, November 11 in Westfield. Should friends desire contributions in Romeo's memory may be made to the Orleans-Essex and VNA and Hospice, Inc., 46 Lakemont Road, Newport, VT 05855. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch-converse-rushford.com. Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home, locally family owned and operated.
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